Great Deal Yamaha HTR-5660 6-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver



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Yamaha HTR-5660 6-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver Features

  • 6.1-channel digital receiver with 85 watts per channel (x 6)
  • Decoding for DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, DTS Neo:6, Dolby Digital EX, and Dolby Pro Logic II
  • 24 distinct sound programs with 44 variations meet every sound need
  • 4 optical and 1 coaxial digital inputs; 5 S-Video inputs and 2 outputs; 2 component-video inputs; set of front-panel A/V inputs
  • Measures 17-1/8 x 6-7/16 x 15-3/8 inches (W x H x D) and weighs 25 pounds



Yamaha HTR-5660 6-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver Overviews

The HTR-5660 is a full-featured home theater receiver ready for all formats and for custom installation. Major features include 6-channel discrete amplification (85W x6), Yamaha's Digital ToP-ART design concept, Quad-Field CINEMA DSP, 24 surround program, SILENT CINEMA, and a preset remote control. It delivers high power to six channels and provides DTS ES Discrete 6.1, Neo: 6, and DTS ES Matrix 6.1 decoding as well as Dolby Digital EX and Dolby Pro Logic II decoding.


Yamaha HTR-5660 6-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver Specifications

Packed with connections and proprietary audio-enhancing technologies, Yamaha's HTR-5660 is your gateway to home-theater bliss. The receiver can power two rooms at once (one in surround sound, the other in stereo), and it offers the convenience of DVD-Audio/multichannel SACD-ready six-channel analog inputs alongside the latest 6.1-channel surround processing and premium Yamaha features.

When hooked up with the digital-audio output from a DVD-Video player or digital satellite receiver, the 85 watts-per-channel HTR-5660 (105 wpc peak) handles 5.1-channel surround decoding for both major formats, Dolby Digital and DTS. In addition, the HTR-5660 also processes Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES, which create an even more expansive soundfield through the use of a center-rear surround channel, totaling six discrete full-range channels in addition to the LFE (low-frequency effects) channel: left, center, right, and left, center, and right surround. Want even higher power? The receiver offers 6.1-channel preamp outputs for direct hookup with a six-channel power amplifier.

Exclusive Yamaha technologies include Quad-Field Cinema DSP (based on a wealth of measured data in real studios and halls, this processing is designed to highlight the full potential of movie sound mixes), Silent Cinema (which simulates 5.1-channel listening through a pair of ordinary stereo headphones, not included), and the company's YSS-938 32-bit DSP chip providing 25 unique surround algorithms with 44 variations to help you perfectly match your simulated acoustic space to your video program.

Non-Dolby Digital and DTS sources can benefit from surround processing, too--with enhanced directional steering over standard four-channel Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Pro Logic II provides five channels of surround processing from any stereo source--whether that's a TV broadcast, VHS tapes, or your favorite CDs, cassettes, and LPs. Pro Logic II delivers full-bandwidth stereo surround channels with 40 dB of left-right separation.

And, when you're listening to multichannel presentations late at night, you'll appreciate Silent Cinema, which simulates 5.1-channel listening through a pair of ordinary stereo headphones (not included). Silent Cinema uses unique parameters for each soundfield to ensure accurate headphone representations of each soundfield.

Then there's the six-channel DVD-Audio/SACD-ready inputs mentioned above. If these formats are so high-tech, you might wonder, why do you need analog inputs to appreciate them? Because, for reasons of content protection, DVD-Audio and SACD players perform their own digital-to-analog conversion, passing high-resolution analog, rather than digital, signals on to your amplifier. (And analog, after all, is what your amp feeds your speakers.)

The versatile unit offers 12 video input connections (with five S-video inputs and two high-resolution component-video inputs), five fixed and assignable digital-audio inputs (great for DVD, DSS, CD, laserdisc, gaming consoles, or minidisc), and front-panel input connections for your camcorder or other spontaneous hookup (including S-video and an optical digital-audio in). The HTR-5660 comes with a preset remote control.

Last, but certainly not least, the HTR-5660 benefits from Yamaha's Digital ToP-ART (Total Purity Audio Reproduction Technology) build philosophy. ToP-ART's goal is to maximize digital quality while minimizing analog circuitry. The culmination of the best digital engineering and design possible, it brings together several key elements to create the best-sounding, easiest-to-use A/V components available.

What's in the Box
Receiver, remote control, remote batteries, FM wire antenna, AM loop antenna, a user's manual, warranty information, and registration information.



Customer Review

Best Customer Review : This replaced a pioneer vsx-d411 5.1 channel receiver that had been the life of my home theater for three years; and ya' know it worked good, it gave me a start in H\T, but, I wanted something better, so I looked around a bit and it was ether this, or a Harman/Kardon 5.1, and (don't buy audio equipment from electronics people) a Sony 6.1 or Panasonic 6.1 and you know what? the Yamaha was the right choice.
The sound is beautiful; very natural ,warm, clear and powerful (the 85 high currant watts help with that), when you listen to something it just sounds RIGHT.
I have some other friends that are into H\T one has all Sony, Bose and Velodyne, the other is all Onkyo and Audiophile, and I have seen "Pirates of the Caribbean" on all three of ours and, maybe it's not objective, but, I like mine best; I'm not saying that their systems sound bad, each of our systems are on par with one another, I'm saying you have to pick what sound's good to your ears, and the Sony sounded like... well, a theater: on the hard side, lacking warmth, the Onkyo... rich, maybe a little too rich, but still easy to listen to. now, to be fair my living room is huge, and probably the best acoustics of the three.
One thing I was looking for was a lot of a/v ins and out's, and component video switching, and this has it all: two VCR loop's which is important for me because I have a DVD burner and a VCR, and the component switching is HD capable.
On the speaker side of things, I have mine hooked up to a pare of (kinda' old) Hitchi floor standing duel 12"s in front, Cambridge soundworks center, pioneer back center a pare Polk R15's for surrounds and a Yamaha yst-sw315 subwoofer, on the source side of things; it's hooked to a Toshiba DVD player, Magnavox DVD burner, Panasonic VCR, satellite box and a old Yamaha K-40 tape deck (it was six bucks, and I ,alarmingly, need a tape deck); the receiver makes a good switch between all the components.
and if you feel like it WILL rattle the windows.
A word on the remote; it's a universal, so that's useful but the multi-use buttons have tripped me up once or twice but I have not found it a real problem.
Sound is a beautiful thing, and good music is worth hearing right, a home theater in a box works great for movies, but, if you want to listen to more than movies (or to hear movies sound better), look no further.


p.s. being a bit of a perfectionist, this is about the third time I have rewritten this review since '04 and so this receiver is no longer in production, however, anything in the upper end of Yamaha's line will be a outstanding alterative to this one.
If your interested anything with model number like: HTR-_ _60, will be the current year's version of this.


Customer Review 1 : Non intuitive settings - Alan Duquette -
The unit has good sound and works good but I dread even thinking about trying to set the settings on this thing. I have done it but they are very unintuitive. Also the remote has to be aimed so directly that I had to make the unit crooked on my shelf so that it points staight at where I sit. I can't even explain what I mean except everthing seems to be done out of sequence. It is so bad that I am thinking of selling it just to get someything with easier and more intuitive set ups.



Customer Review 2 : Great A/V Receiver - C. Petrak - Phoenix, AZ USA
I have this A/V receiver paired with JBL E30 front satellites, JBL E C35 center, JBL E N24AWII for surrounds and JBL E250P sub.

This receiver is great! I use it 60% for listening to music (stereo) and 40% for a surround home theater system for movies.
This unit is very versatile, with the ablity to program different input connections, the ability to change zones for 2 sets of front speakers (same room or different zone), in addition the great programmable remote that can change your TV, Digital CBL box, and its own settings all at once. It also sounds great with many different surround programs to choose from, along with a processor bypass mode for stereo. The YPAO automated system is also very easy to use to set up your system to sound great (almost)!
I would have given this 5 stars, but I found that the YPAO system crossed over my front satellites speakers to high and the surround speakers where a little soft (to quiet). But it took me about 10 minutes to figure out how to go through all the speaker settings manually (using the YPAO settings as a base) and slightly tweak them to my liking. The system sounded good with the automated settings, but sounds even better now that I have made these changes.

Bottom line - Yamaha makes great A/V receivers, I doubt you will find one as versatile and easy to use that sounds this good for the price. Buy this receiver, after you get it setup you will be happy with your purchase. This is the same model as RX-V757, now look for new Yamaha models RX-V659 or HTR5960.



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